Campbell Middle School

EDITH HURWITZ, 84, Aurburn Drive, Daytona Beach, died Tuesday, June 9. Mrs. Hurwitz was a retired librarian for Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach. She painted the former archway at Tarragona Way in Daytona Beach, that was later reproduced by the Halifax Historical Society for promotional postcards. Survivors: daughter, Jessica Hen-Tov, Garmisch, Germany; sister, Claire Anderly, New York City; three grandsons. Haigh-Black Funeral Home, Daytona Beach.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Volusia school officials say it will be several weeks before they can say whether a bus driver did anything wrong after parents complained that she stopped on railroad tracks with a train approaching and said she wouldn't move until the noisy students quieted down. "We are still working our investigation," said Nancy Wait, school district spokesman. Wait said findings would be presented to the school district's professional-standards committee Oct. 20 and that the group would decide whether the driver, who has not been identified, erred and should be punished.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A student who left a school campus without permission was sexually assaulted Thursday before a school staffer stopped the attack, Daytona Beach police said. A 14-year-old Daytona Beach youth faces a charge of lewd and lascivious molestation in the incident, police said. The student was returning to school when she encountered several males in a lot adjacent to Campbell Middle School and agreed to go to a "chill spot" about 100 feet away, near Cedar Street and Russell Drive, Daytona Beach police Sgt. Jimmie Flynt said.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A student who left a school campus without permission was sexually assaulted Thursday before a school staffer stopped the attack, Daytona Beach police said. A 14-year-old Daytona Beach youth faces a charge of lewd and lascivious molestation in the incident, police said. The student was returning to school when she encountered several males in a lot adjacent to Campbell Middle School and agreed to go to a "chill spot" about 100 feet away, near Cedar Street and Russell Drive, Daytona Beach police Sgt. Jimmie Flynt said.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Volusia school officials say it will be several weeks before they can say whether a bus driver did anything wrong after parents complained that she stopped on railroad tracks with a train approaching and said she wouldn't move until the noisy students quieted down. "We are still working our investigation," said Nancy Wait, school district spokesman. Wait said findings would be presented to the school district's professional-standards committee Oct. 20 and that the group would decide whether the driver, who has not been identified, erred and should be punished.

A 25-member committee has been appointed by school Superintendent Joan Kowal to review whether the S.E. Hinton novel Tex should be used in Volusia County schools. The book, recommended by the American Library Association as one of its ''best books for young people'' has been challenged by Roger Davis, whose 11-year-old daughter was reading it for a class assignment at Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach. Davis objected because he thinks the book contains foul language and glorifies violence.

A Daytona Beach school teacher was charged Tuesday with 12 counts of submitting false information to Internal Revenue Service agents during a tax audit.Michelle Carter Robinson, 36, of Ormond Beach, was charged in a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Orlando. She was charged with the misdemeanor charges after IRS investigators determined that she altered and inflated the dollar amount on checks given to local charities or businesses. She is accused of inflating the charges by nearly $3,000 in 1986 and 1987.

A South Daytona man has sued the Volusia County School Board over bites his daughter suffered during a school bus fight in February. Tracey Leah Vieira, 15, was viciously attacked by Nicole Farmer about her head, neck and back, the lawsuit contends. Her father, Ronald Vieira, is seeking more than $15,000 in damages.The bus was taking students from Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach when the fight occurred. Tracey did nothing to provoke the attack and was bitten around her mouth and arm, the suit stated.

By Friday, Volusia County school district officials expect to know who will serve on a review committee to decide whether the S.E. Hinton novel Tex is suitable for public school students.Cynthia Pino, the district's assistant superintendent for curriculum and school improvement services, said Tuesday the committee will consist of about 30 members, the majority being residents. Also serving will be representatives of the district's advisory committee, at least three principals and other district staff members.

A South Daytona man has sued the Volusia County School Board over bites his daughter suffered during a school bus fight in February. Tracey Leah Vieira, 15, was viciously attacked by Nicole Farmer about her head, neck and back, the lawsuit contends. Her father, Ronald Vieira, is seeking more than $15,000 in damages.The bus was taking students from Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach when the fight occurred. Tracey did nothing to provoke the attack and was bitten around her mouth and arm, the suit stated.

A 25-member committee has been appointed by school Superintendent Joan Kowal to review whether the S.E. Hinton novel Tex should be used in Volusia County schools. The book, recommended by the American Library Association as one of its ''best books for young people'' has been challenged by Roger Davis, whose 11-year-old daughter was reading it for a class assignment at Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach. Davis objected because he thinks the book contains foul language and glorifies violence.

By Friday, Volusia County school district officials expect to know who will serve on a review committee to decide whether the S.E. Hinton novel Tex is suitable for public school students.Cynthia Pino, the district's assistant superintendent for curriculum and school improvement services, said Tuesday the committee will consist of about 30 members, the majority being residents. Also serving will be representatives of the district's advisory committee, at least three principals and other district staff members.

It was painful last week for Principal Stan Whitted, who saw Tropical Storm Gordon leave almost all of Campbell Middle School under 6 inches of water.It wasn't much easier Monday to look at what was left once the water had receded.''It is absolutely incredible,'' Whitted said. ''I had no idea of the damage water could do.''A reported 10 1/2 inches of rain fell from last Tuesday to Thursday, leaving half a foot of water in most classrooms and offices - soaking carpets and textbooks and ruining a gymnasium floor that had undergone a $10,000 resurfacing only last year.

State officials said Thursday that Tropical Storm Gordon caused more damage to homes and property in Volusia County than in any other Florida county surveyed so far.Damage-assessment teams - which have yet to study hard-hit Dade County - found that Volusia ''is the worst impacted county in the state at this point,'' said Frank Koutnik, chief of recovery for the state Division of Emergency Management.County officials told the state that at least 800 homes were damaged by the storm, Koutnik said.

Teddy bears will be the theme at Ortona Elementary School, Daytona Beach, for a July 9-13 class where students will design their ''beary'' own T-shirts and have a ''bearrel'' full of fun while learning, school officials said.The class fee is $30 and hours are 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.Typing will be taught to eighth-through 12th-graders at Campbell Middle School starting Monday. The four-week session at the Daytona Beach school introduces students to typing. The class will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday.

''Beautiful,'' a proud father said after learning that his namesake and son has been nominated for the Ida S. Baker Distinguished Minority Educator Award.Stan Whitted Jr., son of Stanley Whitted Sr. who was recently profiled in The Osceola Sentinel, was nominated for the honor by the Volusia County School Board on Tuesday.Whitted was appointed principal at Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach in 1993. He has been an educator for 20 years.The elder Whitted said Wednesday that Stan Jr., along with his brother and two sisters, grew up in Narcoossee and all graduated form Osceola County schools.

''Beautiful,'' a proud father said after learning that his namesake and son has been nominated for the Ida S. Baker Distinguished Minority Educator Award.Stan Whitted Jr., son of Stanley Whitted Sr. who was recently profiled in The Osceola Sentinel, was nominated for the honor by the Volusia County School Board on Tuesday.Whitted was appointed principal at Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach in 1993. He has been an educator for 20 years.The elder Whitted said Wednesday that Stan Jr., along with his brother and two sisters, grew up in Narcoossee and all graduated form Osceola County schools.

Stan Whitted, principal at Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach, was nominated Tuesday by the Volusia County School Board for the Ida S. Baker Distinguished Minority Educator Award.''I simply represent one of many,'' Whitted said after the presentation at a School Board meeting in the DeLand Administrative Complex. ''Although I'm not a high school product of Volusia County, I feel I am a product of the Volusia County schools system. I merely share that which is possessed by everyone.''Whitted, a 1973 graduate of Bethune-Cookman College, has spent all of his teaching career in Volusia County, first as a social studies teacher at DeLand High.